About this trial
This pilot clinical trial aims to assess the real world quality of life and survival of patients treated with targeted therapy that has preliminary evidence of efficacy in subjects with advanced rare cancers or cancer harbouring rare molecular aberrations. The treatment has been granted conditional or full approved by Health Canada (HC) as effective and safe. Due to the rarity of the cancer or molecular aberration the uncertainty level of the health technology assessment (HTA) by the pan Canadian Oncology Review (pCODR) was too high for consideration of funding or it was not submitted for consideration. Consequently, the goal of this study is to generate real world evidence to support HTA decision making throughout the life cycle of the product.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Subject age greater than or equal to 18 years at the time of signature of informed consent.
Subjects with an incurable malignancy who have been identified to have a rare cancer or rare molecular aberration who is currently receiving Health Canada approved targeted therapy that is not nationally funded
ECOG 0-2
Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks
Disqualifiers
Treatment with any approved or investigational agent or participation in another clinical trial with therapeutic intent within 14 days prior to enrollment.
Inability to complete quality of life questionnaires
Subjects who are felt by the treating clinician to be unfit to proceed with this protocol.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- QOL
- CT imaging